Basil II and the governance of Empire (976-1025) [electronic resource] / Catherine Holmes

Author: Holmes, Catherine, 1968-
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 625 pages) : maps

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Oxford studies in Byzantium

Summary

This is a study of the Byzantine emperor Basil II, the 'Bulgar-slayer'. Holmes peels away the layers of later interpretations to reveal an empire that was governed by a potent mixture of subtle persuasion and brute force.

Subject(s)

Basil II, Emperor of the East, approximately 958-1025
Scylitzes, John, active 1081. Synopsis historiarum
Emperors—Byzantine Empire—Biography
Byzantine Empire—History—Basil II Bulgaroctonus, 976-1025

ISBN

9780191707353 (ebook)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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